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The Wartime Sisters
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
- Narrated by: Emily Lawrence
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic armory campus as an officer’s wife, the other arrives as a war widow and takes a position in the armory factories as a “soldier of production”. Resentment festers between the two, and secrets are shattered when a mysterious figure from the past reemerges in their lives.
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Very rudimentary story; horrible narrator
- By Bob L. on 07-03-21
- The Wartime Sisters
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
- Narrated by: Emily Lawrence
Don't bother
Reviewed: 04-03-21
Aside from the fact that one of the main characters worked in a munitions factory, there was very little about "wartime."
My biggest objection, though, was to the narrator, who had no knowledge whatsoever of the Yiddish, which she mangled, or simple words like matzoh, which she mispronounced.
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He Started It
- By: Samantha Downing
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan haven't all been together in years. And for very good reasons - we'll get to those later. But when their wealthy grandfather dies and leaves a cryptic final message in his wake, the siblings and their respective partners must come together for a cross-country road trip to fulfill his final wish and - more importantly - secure their inheritance. But time with your family can be tough. It is for everyone. It's even harder when you're all keeping secrets and trying to forget a memory, a missing person, an act of revenge, the man in the black truck....
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Oh. My. God.
- By Kelly M on 07-31-20
- He Started It
- By: Samantha Downing
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
AWFUL
Reviewed: 11-01-20
Not only is the plot ridiculously improbable, but there is not ONE character in the entire novel who is remotely likable
or sympathetic!!
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The Stationery Shop
- A Novel
- By: Marjan Kamali
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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On the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts - a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again. Until, more than 60 years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century.
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Beautiful Story
- By Grace on 06-26-19
- The Stationery Shop
- A Novel
- By: Marjan Kamali
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
Absolutely wonderful!
Reviewed: 01-12-20
This is a beautiful, poignant, heartbreaking story of a love that blossoms in the midst of the turbulent polical scene in Iran in the 1950's. Don't miss this!
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Convincing Alex
- The Stanislaskis, Book 4
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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When Alex Stanislaski mistakenly arrested daringly bold soap-opera writer Bess McNee for soliciting, she decided the sexy detective was absolutely perfect - for her research and for herself. Now all she had to do was convince him she was right.…
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Loved it!
- By Nic on 06-27-15
- Convincing Alex
- The Stanislaskis, Book 4
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
Drivel
Reviewed: 09-24-19
This borders on Grade B pornography. Characters and plot are totally unbelievable. Roberts can certainly do better than this!
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Chances Are...
- A Novel
- By: Richard Russo
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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One beautiful September day, three men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college circa the 60s. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today - Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend right here on the Vineyard in 1971: the disappearance of the woman each of them loved - Jacy Calloway.
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Incredibly Disappointing
- By Brent Duncan on 08-28-19
- Chances Are...
- A Novel
- By: Richard Russo
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Excellent - as usual
Reviewed: 09-24-19
No contemporary author develops characters as well as Russo. And, while the plot is gripping, the reader always understands what drives hi characters to forward it.
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Run Away
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs.
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It's a nail biter!!!!
- By shelley on 03-20-19
- Run Away
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
Ridiculously Unbelievable
Reviewed: 09-15-19
I’ve always enjoyed Coben’s books-until now. Plots that were”intertwined “ were confusing and far fetched. Don’t waste a credit
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
REMARKABLE
Reviewed: 02-18-19
I've always admired Michelle Obama, and this memoir elevated my feelings. Normally, I don't listen to books narrated by the author (Usually, they can write but can't read) but this was a delightful exception. I particularly loved the way she portrayed her family life - both as a child and then as an adult.) And, most of all, I envied the love that she and borack sustained through thick and thin. What an incredible book!
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Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever.
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Captivating!
- By CD9 on 06-05-18
- Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Addictive
Reviewed: 01-16-19
Although not great literature, I couldn't put it down. This is her best book - by far- since "Witness."
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The Great Believers
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
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In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.
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A story for all time
- By Carla jo Thompson on 08-06-18
- The Great Believers
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Absolutely Wonderful
Reviewed: 01-08-19
It's been a long time since I was so emotionally involved in a book. The story was riveting; the characters beautifully and realistically portrayed. Although my heart was in my throat throughout most of this novel, I really didn't want it to end.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
Reviewed: 10-22-18
Do NOT be discouraged by a rather slow beginning.The story of this abandoned, courageous child who has to survive - and thrive - by herself in the marsh is riveting. I was so engrossed, that I missed my exit today when driving on the parkway...
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